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Ensemble and AECOM Capital Break Ground on 250-Room Hotel in Silicon Valley

Ensemble Real Estate Investments and AECOM Capital today broke ground for a 250-room luxury lifestyle hotel, the first in decades to be built in Silicon Valley from the ground up. The 11-story hotel, which will be a member of Marriott’s Autograph Collection®, is a key component of Silicon Valley’s landmark Menlo Gateway project, which will transform 16 acres of industrial land east of Highway 101 in Menlo Park into a vibrant work and leisure environment.

24 Mar 2016

Vetter Announces Construction of New Building at Ravensburg Schuetzenstrasse Site

Vetter, a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for the development, commercial manufacturing and final packaging of aseptically prefilled drug-delivery systems, today announced the construction of a new building at a ground breaking ceremony held at its Ravensburg Schuetzenstrasse site.

24 Mar 2016

Jacobs Engineering Group to Provide Civil Engineering Services to Saint-Gobain India’s Facility Expansion

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today it received a contract from Saint-Gobain India Pvt Ltd. (SGIPL) to provide civil engineering services for the proposed third float glass line capacity expansion of SGIPL’s World Glass Complex in Chennai, India. SGIPL is a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain S.A., one of the world's largest manufacturers of building and high performance materials.

24 Mar 2016

Bohannon Development Announces Groundbreaking Ceremony for Menlo Gateway Mixed-Use Development

WHAT: A groundbreaking ceremony will mark the launch of Menlo Gateway, a 16-acre mixed-use development in Menlo Park, Calif. that will transform a dated industrial park into a vibrant urban center.

23 Mar 2016

UCLA Researchers Reutilize Carbon Dioxide to Make Building Material

Imagine a world with little or no concrete. Would that even be possible? After all, concrete is everywhere — on our roads, our driveways, in our homes, bridges and buildings. For the past 200 years, it’s been the very foundation of much of our planet.

23 Mar 2016

MEGlobal to Construct New MEG Maufacturing Facility at Dow’s Oyster Creek Site

MEGlobal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EQUATE Petrochemical Company, plans to construct a new world-scale monoethylene glycol (MEG) manufacturing facility at Dow’s Oyster Creek site in Freeport, Texas. The new Oyster Creek MEG facility will be owned by MEGlobal and is the Company’s first manufacturing unit in the United States. The new MEGlobal plant will create 1,400 construction jobs at the project’s peak, and the Company will employ approximately 50 new workers when it goes on stream in mid-2019.

23 Mar 2016

Mondo Introduces New Functional Fitness Flooring at IHRSA Show 2016

This week, Mondo, the global leader in the indoor sport, track and field and contract flooring markets, is introducing its new Functional fitness flooring (CRG’s booth, No. 3625) at the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association’s 35th Annual International Convention & Trade Show. IHRSA runs through March 24 at the Orange County Convention Center, South Building.

23 Mar 2016

InsulTech Concrete Masonry System from Oldcastle Architectural Claims Spot Among Finalists in Architizer A+Awards

Oldcastle Architectural today announced that its InsulTech™ Concrete Masonry System (ICMS), part of the Echelon brand, is one of five elite finalists in the Architizer A+Awards, in the Materials: Stone, Concrete & Masonry category. As the world's largest architectural website, Architizer features the Architizer A+ Popular Choice Award with voting open until April 1, 2016.

23 Mar 2016

Kimco Realty Commences Construction on Grand Parkway Marketplace

Kimco Realty Corporation is happy to announce a groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate Grand Parkway Marketplace, a new 450,000 square foot open-air shopping center development in Spring, Texas anchored by Target Corporation.

23 Mar 2016

Acrow Bridge Provides Steel Components to Support Rehabilitation of Historic Long Meadow Bridge

Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, has provided modular steel components to be used for support during the rehabilitation of the historic bridge over Long Meadow Lake in Bloomington, MN. Three Acrow structures are being used for support and access during the restoration, and are being "leapfrogged" forward as construction progresses. It is anticipated that the rented structures will be in use until June 2016.

22 Mar 2016

Lendlease Announces Beginning of Construction for Ultra-Luxury 44-Story Apartment Tower in Baltimore

Lendlease, one of the world's largest international property, infrastructure and construction management firms, is pleased to announce the start of construction for 414 Light Street. Questar Properties has chosen Lendlease to provide construction management services for the ultra-luxury 44-story apartment tower on Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

22 Mar 2016

Fastighets AB L E Lundberg Commissions NCC to Construct New Rental Units in Linkoping

NCC has been commissioned by Fastighets AB L E Lundberg to build 374 new residential rental units in the area of Södra Ekkällan in Linköping. The order is worth SEK 515 million.

22 Mar 2016

JCP&L Commences Construction on New Substation Project in Monmouth County

Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) has started construction on a new substation project in Monmouth County to help enhance service reliability for more than 180,000 customers in Colts Neck, Howell, Neptune, Tinton Falls and Wall.

22 Mar 2016

Otis to Supply Elevators and Escalators to Aurora Melbourne Central

Otis Elevator Company Pty Ltd (Otis Australia) will provide 22 elevators and escalators to the Aurora Melbourne Central. When completed, the building will stand approximately 270 meters in height, making it the tallest residential building in Melbourne's central business district. Otis, the world's largest manufacturer and maintainer of people-moving products, including elevators, escalators and moving walkways, is a unit of United Technologies Corp.

22 Mar 2016

KBR Awarded Multi-Phased FEED Contract for Woodfibre LNG Project

KBR, Inc. announced today it has been awarded a multi-phased contract for Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for the Woodfibre Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project. The Woodfibre LNG Project is located in the District of Squamish near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

22 Mar 2016

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Ensemble and AECOM Capital Break Ground on 250-Room Hotel in Silicon Valley

Vetter Announces Construction of New Building at Ravensburg Schuetzenstrasse Site

Jacobs Engineering Group to Provide Civil Engineering Services to Saint-Gobain India’s Facility Expansion

Bohannon Development Announces Groundbreaking Ceremony for Menlo Gateway Mixed-Use Development

UCLA Researchers Reutilize Carbon Dioxide to Make Building Material

MEGlobal to Construct New MEG Maufacturing Facility at Dow’s Oyster Creek Site

Mondo Introduces New Functional Fitness Flooring at IHRSA Show 2016

InsulTech Concrete Masonry System from Oldcastle Architectural Claims Spot Among Finalists in Architizer A+Awards

Kimco Realty Commences Construction on Grand Parkway Marketplace

Acrow Bridge Provides Steel Components to Support Rehabilitation of Historic Long Meadow Bridge

Lendlease Announces Beginning of Construction for Ultra-Luxury 44-Story Apartment Tower in Baltimore

Fastighets AB L E Lundberg Commissions NCC to Construct New Rental Units in Linkoping

JCP&L Commences Construction on New Substation Project in Monmouth County

Otis to Supply Elevators and Escalators to Aurora Melbourne Central

KBR Awarded Multi-Phased FEED Contract for Woodfibre LNG Project

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Sustainable Challenges in the Cement Industry

Discussing Construction Heritage and Preservation with Dr. Silke Langenberg

Providing Emergency Accommodation with Modular Shelters

Construction Trends

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1Eco-Friendly Cement Alternative Developed Using Bamboo Byproducts

2Breakthrough AI Model Accurately Predicts Strength of Recycled Concrete Mixes

3New Concrete Mix Boosts Strength and Durability with Bentonite, Silica Fume, and Fibers

4Modeling Bacterial Viability in Fire-Resistant Bio-Concrete

5Reduce Errors and Increase Carbon Credits in Cement Plants With Accurate Biogenic Co₂ Data Reporting

6Seismic Risks Tied to Wall Type in Buildings Near Mines, Researchers Say